Eustache DIEL dit YELLE

(b. 8 September 1754 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 20 May 1838 , Napierville, Lower Canada )

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Eustache DIEL dit YELLE was born 8 September 1754 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Eustache DIEL dit YELLE was the child of Eustache DIEL dit YELLE and Marie-Angélique CAILLÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles DIEL and Jeanne BOYER (maternal) Jacques CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET and Marie-Josephte BABEU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Eustache married Charlotte LEFEBVRE 14 May 1781 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte LEFEBVRE was born 17 July 1749 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Charlotte died 18 May 1822 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Charlotte was the child of Louis LEFEBVRE and Françoise PINSONNEAULT dite LAFLEUR.

Eustache DIEL dit YELLE died 20 May 1838 in Napierville, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Eustache DIEL dit YELLE married

Charlotte LEFEBVRE-- Date: 14 May 1781 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Charlotte LEFEBVRE was the child of Louis LEFEBVRE and Françoise PINSONNEAULT dite LAFLEUR

Children of Eustache DIEL dit YELLE and Charlotte LEFEBVRE:

Eustache DIEL dit YELLE (b.21 January 1782, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 November 1868, Napierville, Québec, Canada )
m. Charlotte LUSSIER 16 February 1801 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1754 Birth
8 September 1754
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Eustache DIEL dit YELLE and Charlotte LEFEBVRE 14 May 1781 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 26 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Eustache DIEL dit YELLE was born 21 January 1782, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Eustache was 27 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Marriage of Child
Eustache DIEL dit YELLE married 16 February 1801 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Charlotte LUSSIER

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England